Trousers press



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J. W. COOPER TROUSERS PRESS Filed July 10 1923 Patented .lluly ll, lgfil.

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TROUSERS PRESS.

Application filed July 10, 1923. Serial No. 650,634.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN WILLIAM COOPER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Kin ston-upon-Hull, in the county of York, Eng and,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers Presses,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trousers presses.

My invention has for its object, improvements in trousers presseswhereby such presses are extremely simple of construction and cheap toproduce but yet will be as effective as the expensive presses inpressing and producing creases in trousers.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan View of my improvedtrousers press, Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same, Fig. 3 is a sectionon the line 12 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the upturnedend of one of the transverse metal bars or pieces secured to the bottompressing member, showing the same provided with two slot-holes, Fig. 5is a perspective view of a portion of the press, and Fig. 6 is an endview of a por tion of the press showing a slightly modified arrangementof the upturned end of the transverse metal bars or pieces secured tothe bottom pressing member.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures.

My invention consists of two pressing members each in the form of twothinflat boards, or pieces of plywood, compressed paper or fibre or likematerial, A and A indicating the two boards or pieces which constitutethe bottom pressing member, and B, B the two boards or pieces whichconstitute the top pressing member.

The two boards or pieces. A, A which con stitute the bottom pressingmember are connected by strong transverse bars or pieces of metal C andC which are secured to the underside thereof, the ends of which bars orpieces extend beyond the outer edges of the two boards or pieces A, Aone end of each of such transverse bars or pieces carry ing a bolt 0,the opposite end of each bar or piece being bent to project upwardly'asindicated at 0 such uplwardly projecting portions being provide eachwith a slot-hole a as shown more clearly in Figs. 2 and 5 of thefigures, or with two slot-holes c 0 as shown at Fig. 4:.

The two boards or pieces 13, 1B which constitute the top pressing memberare similarly connected by strong transverse metal bars or pieces oil?metal D and D which are secured to the top side thereof, the ends ofwhich bars or pieces extend beyond the outer edges of the said twoboards or pieces, one end of each bar or piece being adapted to passinto the slotehole or into one of the slot-holes in the upturned end ofthe corresponding transverse bar or piece secured to the bottom pressingmember, the other end of each transverse bar or piece D, D beingprovided with a hole cl to allow the said ends of such bars or pieces topass on to the bolts 0, (2 carried by the corresponding ends of thetransverse bars or pieces C and C secured to the bottom pressing member.

The trousers to be pressed are laid on the bottom pressing member, thetop pressing member is then placed in position by inserting one end ofeach of the transverse bars or pieces D, D secured thereto, in the slothole 0 or in the slot-hole 0 in the upturned ends of the correspondingtransverse bars or pieces C, C secured to the bottom pressing member,and passing the other ends of such transverse bars or pieces D, D on tothe bolts 0, 0 carried by the corresponding ends of the transverse barsor pieces C, C of such bottom pressing member and then turning wing orother suitable nuts F on to the said bolts to bear on the ends of thetransverse bars or pieces D, D through which such bolts project, the twopressing members being thus clamped together with the trousers betweenthem.

If desired, instead of one end of the transverse bars or pieces C, C ofthe bottom pressing member being turned up and the upturned portionprovided with a slot-hole or slot-holes, and the corresponding ends ofthe transverse bars or pieces D, D of the top pressing member extendingbeyond the edge of such pressing member to engage such holes, one end ofeach transverse bar or piece C, C of the bottom pressing member may bebent upwardly and then inwardly and the inwardly bent portion have atapped hole to take a set screw E to put pressure on the other pressingmember by pressing on the ends of the transverse or pieces D, D of suchtop pressing member, as shown at Fig. 6 of the drawings.

Instead of the pressing members each consisting of two boards or pieces,one or other of such pressing members may be the form,

means for slidably engaging with each other to prevent the press boardsfrom being moved apart, screws secured to the projecting end portions ofcertain of the bars at the other side of the press and projecting;through openings in the bars opposite to them, and nuts screwed on thesaid bolts and operating to clamp the bars together, with the trousersbetween the press boards.

In testimour whereof I miix mV signature.

JOHN WILLIAM COOPER.

